New Shite: 1975 Vauxhall Magnum 2.3 estate

[steve austin]

Actually not that shite but here she is anyway:

She is extremely clean and tidy, no major faults, drives really nice and has a little fire left in her belly!

[pbottomley]

Hello fella.... fancy seeing you here....

[oman5]

now THAT is a thing of beauty. I had one years ago, nice torquey lump but the sub 24 mpg did it for me in the end

[ProgRocker]

I like that a lot.

 

RoStyle wheels. Check.

Quad headlamps. Check.

Numerous sunken dials. Check.

[eddyramrod]

I like that a lot.

 

RoStyle wheels. Check.

Quad headlamps. Check.

Numerous sunken dials. Check.

 

Count me in, I love it!

[dollywobbler]

Not shite? It's hardly a bloody Rolls-Royce is it? Lovely.

[vulgalour]

Love these. In fact, I think I like all the Vauxhalls from this era, the styling on them is great.

[michiel]

Very very nice!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Lovely. When Vauxhalls were Vauxhalls. I had a '76 Viva E Coupe with 1256cc of pure Luton gristle.

[AndyW201]

That is flippin' lovely! My uncle had a Viva 1800 GLS estate, I think that was the run-out rebadged version of the Magnum. It was some weapon compared to my Dad's Escort 1300L estate...

[HillmanImp]

That is really nice.

 

What ones of these got the Droop Snoot? Were they a special model, I know nothing about them? I prefer it without the Droop Snnot by the way, I have always felt its a bit vulgar looking even if it looks totally K-Tel now.

[Guest]

I know the ones you mean, think they were all purple with the droop snoot front end.

They had a special name too, there was one over by Offham Scrapyard for years.

 

EDIT : Sportshatch, was right about colour but forgot the red stripe. Not the beer the go faster accoutriment!

http://www.droopsnoot.co.uk/Photos/Gallery044.jpg

[oman5]

the droop snoot ones were called "sports hatch" IIRC and now worth pots of cash. usually either silver or black with red pinstriping and minilite type wheels. a very limited edition

[theorganist]

Thats great, nice one. My friends mum had a Magnum 1800 saloon in the late 80's with a black interior. Very comfy car which had a very sporty exhaust note IIRC. Unfortunately she ended up scrapping it due to a crack in the engine block!

[trigger]

That is a cracking car, Really nice, I'd love to see some better photos of it though!

[retrogeezer]

Love the estate ones of these, the rear side windows are enormous!

 

Here's a droop snoot..

 

[meggersdog]

Nice.

A mate of mine has one of these squirrelled away in the dusty old ex chicken shed he rents.His car is a Magnum 1.8 estate in a sort of primrose yellow colour.Although I haven't seen it, he says there is a droop snoot front for it which the previous owner gave him when he bought the car.

[j-j]

That's cool, must be as rare as a rare thing. I'll admit I never knew of that model name. The droop snoot version is wicked; weren't they raced ?

[red5]

Top bombing Steve - can't wait to see it in the summer when I come for a swim....

[steve austin]

Hello fella.... fancy seeing you here....

I thought I recognised the name on the viva forum lol, small world!

[steve austin]

Not shite? It's hardly a bloody Rolls-Royce is it? Lovely.

Compared to some of the shite I have owned and considering how little rust she has I can almost smell the deep pile Wilton and see a silver lady on the bonnet

[steve austin]

Top bombing Steve - can't wait to see it in the summer when I come for a swim....

Look forward to it, hope the TR is behaving. I am loving the Magnum though missing the TR mpg

[Cavcraft]

Bloody hell, that's nice.

[AnthonyG]

That is simply gorgeous!

 

As the Rev says, a 'proper' Vauxhall.

[barefoot]

FIRENZA - bloody name escaped me, been driving me barmy for days.

 

A Viva droop snoot coupe!

[MK5 Escort]

I make no bones about it, I really do love Vauxhall's of early-mid seventies vintage. That is a seriously nice Magnum! You really can't beat the quad headlamps.

 

FIRENZA - bloody name escaped me, been driving me barmy for days.

 

A Viva droop snoot coupe!

 

My late grandfather, a former Vauxhall employee, had one from new for 23(ish) years. MXD 689K - which has been pictured here once or twice before, knocking around the odd classic show. Really nice car and have many happy memories of it when growing up. It was a ‘proper’ Firenza though - before the droop snoot (quad headlamps). It started life as the 1159cc and was quickly changed very early on in it's life to the heady 1256cc!

[CortinaDave]

That is magnificent. Mate of mine has a magnum in his garage that's been sat since 1997. He's got a droop snoot front to go on it too. Lovely cars

[Mash]

That's lovely. If you're going to have a 70s car you want one with a proper medallion man sounding name: MAGNUM YEAH BABY

 

I've got a Datsun Violet.......

[gricer]

Why does everybody want to stick a bloody droop snoot front on every Viva/Firenza/Magnum? Unless it's an original snoot or sportshatch, you'll have a much rarer car if you leave it stock.

 

There were only 525 2.3 Magnum coupes built - and there are a lot fewer survivors than there are original snoots.

 

Leave that estate exactly as it is!!

[pbottomley]

Agreed... i like the flat front magnums much more than over priced plastic cars.